Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
Deleted code is debugged code.
Jeff Sickel
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Don't fix it if it ain't broke presupposes that you can't improve something that works reasonably well already. If the world's inventors had believed this, we'd still be driving Model A Fords and using outhouses.
H. W. Kenton
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
Alan J. Perlis
The real money isn't in the software. It's in the service you build with that software.
Jeff Atwood
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
A good programmer looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
Anonymous